Started: 1958 as the Brothers Gibb then the Bee Gees
City and Country of Origin: British Isles
Music Training: the brothers Gibb were born into a showbiz family
Awards: Ivor Novello Awards, Outstanding Contribution to British Music
Top Recordings: "New York Mining Disaster, 1941," "Massachusetts," "I've Gotta Get A Message To You," "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart," "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever"
The Bee Gees Biography: Barry Gibb was born in Manchester, England in 1946 and the twins Maurice and Robin on the Isle of Mann in 1949. The family emigrated to Brisbane Australia in 1958. They signed a recording contract with Australia's Festival Records and after some local success the brothers left for London to audition for Robert Stigwood, director of Beatles' manager Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises. As a reult they signed with Polydor records and recorded their first major hit "New York Mining Disaster, 1941." The group turned out a slew of hits in the late sixties, but after hitting a prolonged dryspell during the early seventies the group reinvented itself becoming the foremost group of the disco era with the soundtrack for Robert Stigwood's "Saturday Night Fever." The group remained active until January 2003 when Maurice died.

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